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I LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 

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! UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, f 



THIS EDITION 

IS 

DEDICATED 

TO 

The Willewemoc Club, 



The American Editor. 



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AN AMERICAN EDITION 



The Treatyse of Fysshynge 



WYTH AN ANGLE, 



THE BOKE OF ST. ALBANS, 



Dame Juliana Berners, 



A. D. 1496. 



EDITED BY 



GEO. W. VAN SICLEN, 

Of the Ncio York Bar, 
A. D. 1875. 



\ 1875 c/; 

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SY¥U\ 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by 

Geo. W. Van Siclen, 
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



PREFACE 

TO THIS AMERICAN EDITION. 



/TV HIS fresh, quaint, charming old book 
should have been reprinted before, it 
seems to me. 

A brief extract from it in my copy of 
Walton's Angler, made me desire to place 
it on a certain shelf in my library, where, 
by the side of " The Contemplative Man's 
Recreation," repose Prime's " I Go a 
Fishing," Wade's " Halcyon Days," Sir 
Humphrey Davy's "Salmonia," and "The 
Angler and His Friends," Norris' "Amer- 
ican Angler," the New York State Report 



IO 

on the Adirondacks, " The Babes in the 
Woods," and interesting volumes indors- 
ed with the names of Frank Forester, 
Scott, Hallock, Francis, and others. 

That's a delightful shelf ! 

And I thought I would add to its treas- 
ures : but not a copy of the old Dame's 
book could I find : that is, in this country. 
So I sent to the other side, and found that 
one of the original copies, printed in 1496, 
if I could get it at all, would cost me from 
$2500 to $3000 : and that a copy of the 
Baskerville edition, of 1827, would cost 

$82. 

Perhaps, however, critics may be found, 
who may render it necessary for me to 
state that I do not vouch for the correct- 
ness of my transcript of the old English 
style and spelling, on the ground that I 
have read a copy of the original edition. 



1 1 

I have no doubt that every angler who 
reads this book will thank me for having 
had it republished. I may be said to have 
led you to the cool, limpid waters of the 
source of the trout stream — the spring, 
hidden in the ancient woods, and whose 
brim is adorned with the moss of cen- 
turies. 

I have reproduced the elegant illustra- 
tions which (I believe) adorned the first 
edition. The earliest print from a wood 
engraving of which any information can 
be obtained, was found in an ancient Ger- 
man convent ; it is a picture of St. Chris- 
topher, and is dated 1423; in 1496 this 
book was first " emprynted " ; I think it 
quite possible that this old frontispiece 
represented St. Peter : it is certainly quite 
as good a likeness of him as I have ever 
seen. The illustrations intended to instruct 



12 

in the matter of lines and hooks, floats, 
hammer, vice, etc., are about as valuable as 
the more finished modern engravings of 
similar instructions in modern books ; and 
the method set forth for making " rodde 
and lyne " remind me of the description 
of the construction of a birch-bark bucket, 
in an article which appeared long ago in 
the " Knickerbocker Magazine." " It is 
somehow thus. You take a large square 
sheet of birch-bark and some wooden- 
pins; you turn up one end of the bark and 
stick in a pin ; you then turn up the side 
and fasten it to the end ; you double the 
ends together and fasten them with these 
pins ; turn it up all round, so the water 
won't run out, fasten it, and there's your 
bucket; it is a very simple contrivance." 
The aforesaid description of how to 
make a rod seems to me to afford internal 



13 

evidence that the book was written by a 
woman ; and so does the delightful non 
sequitur in many of the arguments, e. g. : 
where, having stated the miseries attend- 
ing the enjoyment of the three other 
games, the authoress at once jumps to 
the conclusion " dowteles thenne folowyth 
it, that it must nedes be the dysporte of 
fysshynge with an angle" that causeth "a 
long lyfe and a mery." I am by no means 
satisfied with the proof and argument in 
the English Editor's preface to the 1827 
Edition, (which is reprinted herewith), that 
the book was not written by Dame Juliana 
Berners. In " Biographia Britannica" art. 
Caxton, note L., Mr. Oldys has given a 
copious account of the whole book (The 
Boke of St. Albans) and a character of 
the lady who compiled it. Her name ap- 
pears to have been " Dame Julyans (or 



H 

Juliana) Berners, Bernes, or Barnes ; 
prioress of the nunnery of Sopwell, near 
St. Albans ; a lady of noble family — and 
celebrated by Leland, Bale, Pitts and 
Tanner, for her learning and accomplish- 
ments. " I must confess that I am puzzled 
a little to account for the lady's knowl- 
edge of so practical a sport ; and yet, on 
the Beaverkill, not far from the Wille- 
wemoc Club House, in Sullivan County, 
N. Y., I have seen a lady fill her creel 
with the best ; so might the old dame and 
her nuns have done in England just prior 
to the time when this continent was dis- 
covered, and long before the Willewemoc 
had been heard of. The present Wille- 
wemoc Club is not composed' of Indians; 
nor is its club-house an Abbey, but a house 
of hemlock boards, with comfortable rooms; 
floors uncarpeted, except by the bedside; 



i5 

and a broad piazza, furnished with easy 
chairs, and overlooking a beautiful lake, 
full of trout ; with an appanage of acres 
of woodland, and four miles of a fine trout 
stream. 

There I shall go when the apple trees 
are in blossom. 

And to please the congenial spirits of 
the modern monks who form that Club, 
and the brethren of the angle through our 
land, is this little book reprinted. 

G. W. V. S. 

New York, 1875. 



*7 



PREFACE 

TO THE ENGLISH EDITION OF 1827. 



ADVERTISEMENT. 

The following " Treatyfe of Fyff hynge 
wyth an angle " is not only the earlieft, 
but by far the moft curious effay upon the 
fubject which has ever appeared in the 
Englifh, or, perhaps, in any other lan- 
guage. 

It feems to have been firft printed by 
Wynkyn De Worde, in his edition of the 
Book of St. Albans in 1496 ; and, judging 
from its orthography and language, it was 
evidently written in the middle of the fif- 
teenth century. An attempt has been 



i8 

made by the editor of the reprint of that 
work to prove, from the following paffage, 
that it was originally compofed about that 
time : " Now, thenne, will I dyfcrye the 
fayd dyfportes and gamys to find the befte 
of theym as veryly as I can : alle be it that 
the right noble and full worthy prynce, the 
Duke of Yorke, late callid mayfter of 
game, hath dyfcryed the myrthes of hunt- 
ynge lyke as I thinke to dyfcrye of it, 
&c." ; but the evidence which it affords is 
of a very doubtful character. The Treat- 
yfe alluded to was written by Edmond of 
Langley, Duke of Yorke, who died in 
1402, and whofe fituation of " Mayfter of 
the Game " is thus noticed by Hardyng : 
" The Kyng then made the Duke of 
York by name Maifter of the new houfe, 
and his hawkes fayre of his venery and 
Mayfter of Game ; " but the only pofitive 



19 

inference which that fentence allows is, 
that the writer had feen the treatyfe on 
Huntynge, and that the royal author of it 
was then deceafed, for from the great lax- 
ity of language at that period it would be 
very unfafe to confider that " late called 
Mayfter of Game " meant either that the 
Duke was then living, but no longer 
" Mayfter of Game," or that " his name 
and perfon were recent in memory in time 
of the author." 

Unfortunately, there are no means by 
which the name of the Author of the 
Treatyfe can be afcertained ; and the 
opinion expreffed by Sir John Hawkins, 
that it was written by Dame Julian de 
Berners, is not only unfupported by even 
a fhadow of proof, but it is negatived by 
the following circumftances : It does not 
occur in the flrft edition of the " Boke of 



20 

St. Albans/' in 1488, and upon its intro- 
duction into that work by Wynkyn de 
Worde, he explains his motives for infert- 
ing it in a manner which almoft eftablishes 
that it is not the production of that cele- 
brated 'woman, or of either of thofe by 
whom fhe is suppofed to have been 
affifted. 

" Here we fhall make an ende of the 
mooft fpecyall thynges of the boke of the 
lygnage of cote armurys, and how gently- 
men shall be knowen from ungentlymen. 
And confequently fhall follow a compen- 
dyous treatife of fyffhynge wyth an angle, 
whiche is right neceffary to be had in this 
prefent volum by caufe it fhewyth afore 
the manere of hawkynge and huntynge, 
wyth other dyvers maters right neceffary 
to be knowen of noble men, and alfo for 
it is one of the dyfports that gentlymen 



21 



ufe. And alfo that it is not foo laborory- 
ous ne foo difhoneft to fyffhe in this wyfe 
as it is w e nettes and other engynes 
whyche crafty men do ufe for theyr dayle 
encreafe of goodes." But the conclufion 
is ftill more convincing: ''And for by 
caufe that this prefent treatyfe fholde not 
come to the handys of eche ydle perfone 
whyche wolde defire it yf it were em- 
prynted allone by itfelf and put in a lyttle 
plaunflet, therefore I have compylyd it in 
a greter volume of dyverfe bokys con- 
cernynge to gentyll and noble men, to the 
extent that the forfayd ydle perfones 
whyche fholde have but lytyll mefure in 
the fayd dyfporte of fyffhynge fholde not 
by this meane utterly deftroye it." 

The latter paffage, befides its import- 
ance, it is prefumed, decifive of the point 
it is cited to prove, is deferving of atten- 



22 

tion, from the wifh which it avows to 
confine information on Angling to the up- 
per claffes, who only could then afford to 
piirchafe a large volume ; left, if it was.dif- 
tributed among "ydle perfons, " by which 
the lower orders, were probably meant, 
there would be fo many fkilful anglers as 
to leave but little fport for "gentlymen," 
who alone, in the writer's eftimation, were 
entitled to fuch an amufement. 

The remark relative to a "lytylle plaun- 
flet" favours the idea that a much greater 
number of articles of that defcription were 
then printed, and confequently, that many 
more perfons were able to read than is 
commonly imagined. 

The only MS. of the Treatyfe which is 
known to be extant, is a fragment now in 
the poffeffion of Jofeph Haflewood, Efq., 
and which formerly belonged to Mr. Wil- 



23 

liam Herbert. It does not extend further 
than the inftructions relating to the bait 
for trout ; and the differences between it 
and the printed copies, which are very few 
and unimportant, are minutely given by 
that accurate and indefatigable reviewer 
of old Englifh literature, in his reprint of 
the Boke of St. Albans. 

It is not, however, merely as a literary 
curiofity that this Treatyfe is of intereft, 
for, independently of the information 
which it contains of the ftate of Angling 
at the period in which it was written, there 
are fome grounds for prefuming that it 
fuggefted to Walton the idea of his popu- 
lar " Complete Angler," for the moft fu- 
perficial reader cannot fail to be ftruck with 
the general refemblance between them. 
The Treatyfe of Fyff hynge wyth an Angle 
commences with fome obfervations which 



24 

are remarkable for their truth and fimplic- 
ity; and, after comparing the purfuits of 
Hunting, Hawking and Fowling with that 
of Angling, the preference is, of courfe, 
given to the latter. Then follow inftruc- 
tions for making tackle, rods, baits, etc., 
and a defcription of the moft fkilful man- 
ner of uf ing, together with an account of 
the various kinds of river fifh, and their 
refpective merits as food : and the treatife 
is concluded by fome admirable rules for 
the governance of the conduct of anglers 
towards each other, and towards thofe 
whofe lands they frequent, an obfervance 
of which, it is emphatically added, would 
fecure " the bleffynge of God and Saynt 
Petyre, whych he theym graunte that wyth 
his precious blood us boughte." 

Thus it is manifeft, that in the moft im- 
portant features, Walton has clofely fol- 



lowed the Treatyfe ; and, although he has 
much enlarged upon it, and introduced his 
remarks in a dialogue, there is so great a 
fimilarity between them as to juftify the 
opinion, that if the original idea of his 
work was n®t derived from this tract, he 
was indebted to it in an eminent degree. 

In piety and virtue — in the inculcation 
of morality — in an ardent love for their 
art, — and ftill more,— in that placid and 
Chriftian fpirit, for which the amiable Wal- 
ton was fo confpicuous, the early writer 
was fcarcely inferior to his more celebrat- 
ed fucceffor. Nor ought the fuggeftion to 
offend the admirers of the latter, that 
judging from their writings upon the fame 
fubject, and making a proper allowance 
for the different ftate of manners in the fif- 
teenth and feventeenth centuries, it would 
be difficult to find two more kindred fpirits 



26 

than the authors of ."The Treatyfe of 
Fyffhynge wyth an Angle" and of "The 
Complete Angler." 

To thofe, then, who confider that the 
idea which has juft been hazarded poffeffes 
fome foundation, this little volume is an 
almoft indifpenfable companion to their 
favorite Walton ; whilft to fuch as deny its 
juftice, it will be fcarcely lefs acceptable ; 
for what zealous angler can be indifferent 
to the manner in which the art was prac- 
ticed by his forefathers ? 

January, 1827. 




Frontispiece to Original Edition. 



The Treatyfe of 
Fyffhynge with an Angle, 



%\t Creatise 



OF 



Jfps|pge toit| an |UgIt 



ATTRIBUTED TO 



§mt iutianft |wtterj. 



Reprinted froin the Book of St. Albans, a,7id from the 
Edition : London. Printed with the types of 

IJohn Baskerville, for William 
Pickering, 1827. 



New York : 

JAS. L. BLACK, PRINTER, 7 WEST BROADWAY. 
1875- 



Emprynted at Westmestre 

by Wynkyn the Worde 

The yere of Thyncarnacon of our Lorde. 

MCCCCLXXXXVI. 

Reprinted by Thomas White, Crane Court. 

MDCCCXXXII. 



Reprinted by James L. Black, New York. 

1875- 



33 

^f Here Begynneth 

The Treatyfe of Fyffhynge 

Wyth an Angle. 

Salamon in his parablys fayth that a 
good fpyryte makyth a flourynge aege, 
that is, a fayre aege and a longe, and fyth it 
is foo : I afke this queftion, which ben the 
meanes and the caufes that enduce a man 
in to a merry fpyryte : truly to my beft 
dyfcrecon it femeth good dyfportes and 
honeft gamys in whom a man joyeth with- 
out any repentance after. Thenne follow- 
eth it y l gode dyfportes and honeft gamys 
ben caufe of mannys fayr aege and longe 
life. And therefore now woll I chofe of 
foure good dyfportes and honeft gamys, 



34 

that is to wyte ; of huntynge : hawkynge : 
fyffhynge : and foulynge. The befte to 
my fymple dyfcrecon whyche is fyffhynge : 
called anglynge, with a rodde and a lyne 
and an hoke : and thereof to treate as my 
fymple wytte may fuffice : both for the 
fayd reafon of Salamon, and alfo for the 
reafon that phifyke makyth in this wyfe 
^j Si tibi deficiant medici medici tibi fiant 
hec tria mens leta labor et moderata dieta. 
^j Ye fhall imderftonde that this is for to 
faye : Yf a man lacke leche or medicyne 
he fhall make thre thynges his leche and 
medicyne : and he fhall nede neuer no moo. 
The fyrfte of theym is a mery thought. The 
feconde is labour not outrageo. The 
thyrde is dyete mefurable. Fyrfte that yf 
a man wyll euer more be in mery thoughtes 
and have a glad fpyryte, he muft efchewe 
all contraryous company, and all places of 



35 

debate where he myghte haue any occa- 
fyons of malencoly. And yf he woll haue a 
labour not outrageous he muft thenne or-, 
deyne him to his hertys eafe and pleafaunce, 
wythout ftudye, penfyfneffe or traueyle, a 
mery occupacyon, which may reioyce his 
herte : and in whyche his fpyrytes may 
haue a mery delyte. And yf he woll be 
dyetyd mefurably, he muft efchewe all 
places of ryotte whyche is caufe of furfette 
and fykneffe : and he muft drawe him to 
places of fwete ayre and hungry : and ete 
nourifhable meetes and dyffyable alfo. 

Now thenne woll I dyfcryue the fayd 
dyfportes and gamys to fynde the befte of 
them as veryly as I can. Alle be it that 
the ryght noble and full worthy prynce, the 
duke of Yorke, late callid mayfter of game, 
hath difcryued the myrthes of huntynge 
like as I thinke to difcryue of it, and of alle 



36 

the other. For huntynge, as to myn en- 
tent, is to laboryous, for the hunter muft 
alwaye renne and followe his houndes : 
traueyllynge and fwetynge full fore. He 
blouyth tyll his lyppes blyfter : and when 
he wenyth it be an hare, full oft it is an 
hegge hogge. Thus chafyth and wote not 
what. He comyth home at euyn rayn 
beten pryckyd : and his clothes torne, wete 
fhode, all myry. Some hound lofte: fome 
furbat. Suche grues, and many other, 
hapyth vnto the hunter, whyche, for dyf- 
pleyfaunce of theym y 1 loue it, I dare not 
reporte. Thus truly me femyth that this 
is not the befte dyfporte and game of the 
fayd foure. 

The dyfporte and game of hawkynge is 
laborious and noyous alfo, as me femyth. 
For often the faukener lefeth his hawkes as 
the hunter his hondes. Thenne is his 



37 

game and his dyffporte goon. Full often 
cryeth he, and whyftelyth tyll he be ryght 
euyll a thurfte. His hawke taketh a bowe 
and lyfte not ones on hym reuarde: whan 
he wold haue her for to flee, thenne woll 
fhe bathe : with myffedynge fhe fhall haue 
the frenfe ; the rye ; the cray ; and many 
other fykneffes that brynge them to the 
fowfe. 

Thus by prouff this is not the befte dyf- 
porte and game of the fayd foure. 

The dyfporte and game of fowlynge 
me femyth mooft fymple. For in the wyn- 
ter feafon the fouler fpedyth not but in the 
mooft hardeft and coldeft weder ; whyche 
is grevous. 

For whan he wolde goo to his gynnes, 
he maye not, for colde. Many a gynne, 
and many a fnare, he makyth. Yet foryly 
doth he fare. 



38 

At morn tyde in the dewe he is weete 
fhode unto his tallye. 

Many other fuche I coude tell : but drede 
of magre makith me for to leue. 

Thus me ferny th that huntynge and hawk- 
ynge, and alfo foulynge, ben fo laborous 
and greous, that none of theyme maye 
perfourme nor bi very meane that enduce 
a man to a mery dyfporte, which is caufe 
of his long life, according unto y e fayd par- 
able of Salamon : 

^[ Dowteles thene folowyth it, that it 
muft nedes be the dyfporte of fyffhynge 
with an angle. For all other manere is 
alfo laborous, and greous, whych many 
tymes hath be feen caufe of grete infir- 
mytes. But the angler may haue no colde, 
nor no dyfeafe nor angre, but if he be 
caufer hymfelf. For he maye not lefe at 
the mooft but a lyne or an hoke : of whyche 



39 

he may haue ftore plentee of his owne 
makynge, as this fymple treatife fhall teche 
him. So thenne, his loffe is not greous, 
and other greffes may he not haue, fauynge 
but yf ony fiffe breke away after that he is 
take on the hoke ; or elles that he catche 
nought : which ben not greuous. For yf 
he dooth as this treatyfe techyth, but yf 
there be nought in the water, and yette 
atte the leeft he hath his holfom walke and 
mery, at his eafe ; a fwete ayre of the 
fwete fauoure of the meede floures, that 
makyth hym hungry. He hereth the mel- 
odyous armony of foules. He feeth the 
yonge fwannes : heerons : duckes : cotes, 
and many other foules wyth theyr brodes : 
whyche me ferny th better than alle of noyfe 
of houndys : the blaftes of hornys and 
the crye of foulis that hunters, faukeners 
and foulers can make. 



40 

And yf the angler take fyffhe : furely 
thenne is there noo man merier than he is 
in his spyryte. 

^[ Alfo who foo woll vfe the game of 
angly nge : he muft ryefe erly, whiche thyng 
is prouffytable to man in this wyfe. That 
is to wyte : mooft to the heele of his foule, 
for it fhall caufe him to be holy ; and to 
the heele of his body, for it fhall caufe him 
to be hole. Alfo to the increafe of his 
goodys, for it fhall make him riche. As 
the olde englyfhe prouerbe fayth ^[ who 
foo woll ryfe erly fhall be holy, helthy, and 
zely. 

Tj Thus have I prouyd in myn entent 
that the dyfporte and game of anglynge is 
the very meane and caufe that enducith a 
man into a mery fpyryte : whyche after the 
fayd parable of Salomon and the fayd doc- 



4i 

trine of phifyk makyth a flourynge aege 
and a longe. 

And therefore to al you that ben vertu- 
ous : gentyll : and free borne I wryte and 
make this fymple treatife folowynge : by 
whyche ye may haue the full craft of an- 
glynge to dyfport you at your lufte, to the 
entent that your aege maye the more fioure 
and the more lender to endure. 

Yf ye woll be crafty in anglynge ye muft 
firft lerne to make your harnays, that is, to 
wyte, your rodde : your lynes of dyuers 
colours. After that ye muft know hou ye 
fhall angle ; in what place of the water ; 
how depe : and what time of day. For 
what manere of fyffhe : in what wedyr. 
How many impedymentes there ben in 
fyffhynge y 1 is called anglynge. And in 
fpecyall, wyth what baytys to euery dy- 
uers fyffhe in eche monett of the yere. 



42 

Hou ye fhall make your baytys brede, 
where ye fhall fynde them : and hou ye 
fhall keep theym : and for the mooft crafty 
thynge hou ye fhall make youre hokes of 
ftele and of ofmonde, fome for the dubbe : 
and fome for the flote ; and the grounde : 
as ye fhall here after al thyfe fynde ex- 
preffed openly vnto your knowledge. 

^[ And hou ye fhall make your rodde 
craftly here I fhall teche you. 

Ye fhall kytte betwene Myghelmas and 
Candlymas a fayr staffe of a fadom and a 
halfe longe : and arme grete, of hafyll : 
wylowe : or afhe. And bethe hym in an 
hote ouyn : and fette him euen. Thenne 
lete him cole and drye a moneth. Take 
thenne and frette hym fafte wyth a cocke- 
fhotecorde : and bynde him to a fourme 
or an even fquare grete tree. Take thenne 
a plumers wire that is euyn and ftreyte 



43 

and fharpe at the one end. And hete the 
fharpe ende in a charcole fyre tyll it be 
whyte : and brenne the ftaffe therewith 
thorugh : euer ftreyte in the pythe at both 
endes tyll they mete. And after that 
brenne hym in the nether end with a 
byrde broche, and wyth other broches 
eche gretter than the other, and euer the 
gretter the lafte : fo that ye make your 
hole aye tapre wexe. Thenne lete hym 
lye ftyll and kele two dayes. Unfrette 
hym then and lete hym drye in an hous 
roof in the fmoke tyll he be thorugh drye. 
^[ In the fame feafon take a fayr yerde 
of grene hafyll and beth him euyn and 
ftreyghte, and lete it drye with the ftaffe, 
and whan they ben drye, make the yerde 
mete vnto the hole in the ftaffe : vnto halfe 
the length of the ftaffe. And to perfourme 
that other halfe of the croppe. Take a 



44 

fayr fhote of black thorn crabbe tree : 
medeler, or of jenypre kytte in the fame 
feafon : and well bethyd and ftreyghte. 
And frette them togyder fetely : foo that 
the croppe may iuftly entre all in to the 
fayd hole. Thenne fhaue your ftaffe and 
make hym tapre wexe. Then vyrell the 
ftaffe at both endes wyth longe hopis of 
yron or laton in the clenneft wife with a 
pyke in the nether ende faftynd with a 
rennynge vyfe : to take in and out your 
croppe. 

Thenne fet your croppe an handfull 
withen the ouer ende of your ftaffe in 
fuche wife that it be as bigge there as in 
ony other place aboue. Thene arme your 
croppe at thouer ende doune to y e frette 
wyth a lyne of vi heeres. And dubbe the 
lyne and frette it faft in y e toppe wyth a 
bowe to faften o your lyne. And thus 



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CD 

o 
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fhall ye make a rodde foo preuy 
that ye may walke therwyth ; and 
there fhall noo man wyte where 
aboute ye goo. It woll be lyghte 
and full nymble to fyffhe wyth at 
your lufte. And for the more 
redyneffe loo here is a fygure 
thereof in example. 

After that ye haue made thus 
your rodde : ye muft lerne to col- 
oure your lynes of here in this 
wyfe. Fyrfte, ye muft take of a 
whyte horfe taylle the lengefth 
heere, and fayreft that ye can 
fynde. And euer the rounder it 
be the better it is. Departe into 
vy partes : and euery parte ye 
fhall colour byhymfelfe in dyuers 
colours. As yelowe : grene : 
browne: tawney: ruffetanddufke 



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colours. And for to make a good grene 
colour on your heere ye fhall do thus. 

^[ Take fmall ale a quarte and put it in 
a lyttyl panne and put thereto halfe a 
pounde of alym. And put thereto your 
heer : and lete it boyle foftly half an houre. 
Thenne take out your heer and let it 
drye. Then take a potell of water and 
putte it in a panne and put therein two 
handfull of oodlys or of wyxen. And 
preffe it with a tyle ftone : and lette it 
boyle foftly half an houre. And whan it 
is yelow on the fcume put therin your heer 
wyth halfe a pound of coporofe betyn in 
poudre and let it boyle halfe a mylde waye: 
and thenne fette it doune and lete it kele 
fyve or fyxe houres. Then take out the 
heer and drye it. And it is thenne the 
fyneft grene that is for the water. And 
euer the more ye put thereto of coporofe 



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the better it is, or elles in ftede of it vert- 
grees. 

^[ A nother wyfe ye maye make more 
bryghter grene as thus. Lete woode your 
heer in an woodefatte a lyght plunket col- 
our. And thenne fethe hym in olde or 
wyxin lyke as I haue fayde : fauynge ye 
fhall not put thereto neyther coporofe nor 
vertgrees. 

^[ A nother yelow ye fhall make thus. 
Take fmalle ale a potell : and ftampe thre 
handfull of walnot leues and put togider : 
and put in your heer tyll that it be as depe 
as ye woll haue it. 

T| For to make ruffet heer. Take ftronge 
lye a pynt and halfe a pounde of fote and 
a lytell iuce of walnot leuys and a quarte 
of alym : and put theym alle togyder in a 
panne and boylle theym well. And whan 



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it is colde put in your heer tyll it be as 
derke as ye woll haue it. 

T| For to make a broune colour. Take 
a pound of fote and a quarte of ale : and 
fethe it wyth as many walnot leuys as ye 
maye. And whan they wexe blacke fette 
it from the fire. And put therein your 
heer and lete it lye ftill tyll it be as broune 
as ye woll haue it. 

^j For to make a nother broune. Take 
ftrong ale and fote and tempre them to- 
gyder: and put therein your heer two 
days and two nyghtes and it fhall be ryghte 
a good colour. 

^[ For to make a tauney colour. Take 
lyme and water and put theym togyder : 
and alfo put your heer therein foure or 
fyve houres. Thenne take it out and put 
it in Tanners ofe a day and it fhall be alfo 
a tauney colour as nedyth to our purpoos. 



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^f The fyxte parte of your heer ye fhall 
kepe ftyll whyte for lynes for the dubbyd 
hoke to fyffhe for the trought and gray- 
lynge : and for fmalle lynes for to rye for 
the roche and the darse. 

Whan your heer is thus colourid ye muft 
knoue for whiche waters and for whyche 
feafons they fhall ferue. 

^f The grene colour in all clere water 
from Apryll tyll Septembre. 

^f The yelowe coloure in euery water 
from Septembre tyll Novembri. For it is 
lyke y e wedys and other manere graffe 
whiche growyth in the waters and ryuers, 
whan they ben broken. 

If The ruffet colour feruyth alle the wyn- 
ter vnto the ende of Aprylle as well in 
ryuers as in poles or lakys. 

If The broune colour feruyth for that 



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water that is blacke ded- 
iffhe in ryuers or in other 
waters. 

^[ The tauney colour for 
thofe waters that ben 
hethy or moryffhe. 

Nou muft ye make your 
lynes in this wyfe. 

Fyrft loke that ye haue 
an inftrument lyke onto 
this fygure portrayed fol- 
owynge. 

Thenne take your heer 
and kytte of the fmalle 
ende a honde full large or 
more. For it is neyther 
ftronge nor yet fure. 
Thenne torne the toppe 
to the taylle eueryche 
ylyke moche, and departe 



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it in to thre partyes. Thenne knytte 
euery parte at the one ende by hymfelf, 
and at the other ende knytte all thre to- 
gyder, and put y e fame ende in that other 
ende of your Inftrument that hath but one 
clyft. And fett that other ende fafte wyth 
the wegge, four fyngers in all fhorter than 
your heer. Thenne twyne euery warpe 
one waye and ylyke moche, and faften 
theym in thee clyftes ylyke ftreyghte : 
take theme out that other ende and twyne 
it that waye that it woll defyre ynough : 
thenne ftreyne it a lytyll : and knytte itt 
for vndoynge : and that is good. And for 
to knoue to make your Inftrument: loo 
here it is in fygure. And it fhall be made 
of tree fauynge the bolte underneth : 
which fhall be of yren. 

Whan ye haue a many of the lynkys 
as ye fuppofe wol fuffyfe for the length of 



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a lyne ; thenne muft ye knytte theym to- 
gyder wyth a water knotte or elles a 
duchys knotte. And whan your knotte is 
knytte ; kytte of y e voyde fhorte endes a 
ftraue brede for the knotte. 

Thus fhal ye make your lynes fayr and 
fyne ; and alfo ryghte fure for ony manere 
fyffhe. 

^[ And by caufe that ye fholde knoue 
bothe the water knotte and alfo the duchys 
knotte : loo theym here in fygure cafte 
onto the lykneffe of the draughte.* 

Ye fhall onderftonde that the moft fub- 
tyll and hardyfte crafte in making of your 
harnays is for to make your hokis. For 



* Note in English Edition of 1827. — " A blank space is here 
left in the original edition for the insertion of drawings of the water- 
knot and the duchess' knot. The former is described in Daniels' 
Rural Sports, Vol. 2, p. 151 ; and Walton's Angler, by Hawkins, 
part 1, p. 255, and plate 10, fig. 5 of the latter. See the Ladies' 
Dictionary, Art. Appurtenances to Dressing." 



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whoos making ye muft haue fete fyles, 
thyn and fharpe and fmalle beten : a ferny 
clam of yren ; a bender : a payr of longe 
and fmalle tongys ; an harde knyfe fom- 
deale thycke : an anuelde : and a lytyll 
hamour. 

^[ And for fmalle fyffhe ye fhall make 
your hokes of the fmaleft quarell nedlys 
that ye can fynde of stele, and in this 
wyfe. 

^f Ye fhall put the quarell in a red 
charkeole fyre tyll that it be of the fame 
colour that the fyre is. Thenne take hym 
out and lete hym kele, and ye fhall fynde 
hym well alayd for to fyle. Thenne ryfe 
the berde wyth your knyfe and make the 
poynt fharpe. Thenne alaye hym agayn : 
for elles he wolle breke in the bendyng. 
Thenne bende hym lyke to the berde 
fygured hereafter in example. And greet- 



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er hoke ye fhall make in the fame wyfe, 
of gretter nedles, as broderers nedlis : or 
taylers: or fhomakers nedlis fpere poyntes 
and of fhomakers nalles in efpecyall the 
befte for grete fyffhe : and that they bende 
alle the poynte whan they be affayed, for 
elles they ben not good. 

^[ Whan the hoke is bendyd bete the 
hynder ende abrode : and fyle it fmothe 
for fretynge of the lyne. Thenne put it 
in the fyre agyn, and yeve it an eafy redde 
hete. Thenne fodaynly quenche it in wa- 
ter : and it woll be harde and ftronge. 
And for to haue knowlege of your Inftru- 
ments : loo theym here in fygure por- 
trayd. 

Whan ye haue thus made your hokes : 
thenne muft ye fet them on your lynes 
acordynge in gretneffe and ftrength in this 
wyfe. 



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• ^ Ye fhall take fmall 
redde filke, and yf it be 
for a grete hoke, thenne 
double it : not twynyd. 
And elles for fmall hokys 
lete it be fyngle : and 
therwyth frette thycke the 
lyne there as the one 
ende of your hoke fhall 
fytte a ftraw brede. Then 
fette your hoke: and frette 
hym with the fame threde 
y 1 two partes of the 
lengthe that fhall be frette 
in all. And whan ye come 
to the thride parte thenne 
torne the ende of your 
lyne agayn vpon the frette 
dowble, and frette it fo 
dowble that other thyrde 



PLATE III. 



parte. Thenne put your threde in at the 
hole tuys or thries and lete it goo at eche 
tyrne around aboute the yerde of your 
hoke. Thenne wette the hole and drawe 
it tyll that it be fafte. And loke that your 
lyne euermore uythin your hokys : and 
not without. Thenne kytte of the lynys 
ende and the threde as nyghe as ye maye : 
fauynge the frette. 

Now ye knowe wyth hou grete hokys 
ye fhall angle to euery fyffhe : nou I woll 
tell you wyth hou many heeres ye fhall to 
euery manere of fyffhe. 

Tj For the menow wyth a lyne of one 
heere. For the waxyng roche the bleke 
and the gogyn and the ruffe wyth a lyne 
of two heeris. For the darfe and the 
grete roche wyth a lyne of thre heeres. 
For the perche : the flonder and bremet 
with foure heeres. For the cheuen 



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chubbe : the breme : the tenche and the 
ele wyth vj heeres. For the trough te : 
graylynge : barbyll and grete cheuyn wyth 
ix heeres. For the grete troughte wyth 
xii heeres. For the samon wyth xv heeres. 
And for the pyke wyth a chalke lyne made 
broune with your browne colour aforfayd: 
armyd with a wyre as ye fhall here here- 
after whan I fpeke of the pyke. 

If Your lynes muft be plumbid wyth 
lede : and ye fhall wyte y* the nexte plube 
vnto the hoke fhall be therfro a laree fote 
and more. And euery plumbe of a quan- 
tyte to the gretnes of the lyne. There 
be thre manere of plubis for a grounde 
lyne rennynge. And for the flote fet 
vpon the grounde lyenge x plumbes joyn- 
ynge all togider. On the grounde lyne 
rennynge ix or x fmalle. The flote plube 
fhall be fo heuey y 1 the leeft plucke of ony 






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fyffhe maye pull it doune in to y e water. 
And make your plubis rounde and fmoythe 
y l they stycke not on ftonys or on wedys. 
And for the more vnderftondynge to 
theym, here in fygure. 

Thenne fhall ye make your flotys in this 
wyfe. 

Take a fayre corke that is clene without 
many holes, and bore it thrugh wyth a 
fmalle hote yreu : and put therin a penne 
iufte and ftreyghte. Ever the more fiote 
the gretter the penne and the greter hole. 

Thenne fhape it grete in the myddis 
and fmall at bothe endys, and fpecyally 
fharpe in the nether ende, and lyke vnto 
the fygures folio wynge 




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and make theym fmothe on a gryndynge 
ftone : or on a tyle ftone. 

^[ And loke that the flote for one heer 
be nomore than a pefe. For two heeres, 
as a bene : for twelve heeres as a walnot. 
And fo euery lyne after the proporcon. 

^f All manere lynes that ben not for the 
groude muft haue flotes ; and the rennynge 
grounde lyne muft haue a flote. The 
lyenge grounne lyne without flote. 

Nou I haue lernyd you to make all your 
harnays. Here I woll tell you hou ye 
fhall angle. 



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Tf Ye fhall angle. 
Vnderftonde that there is vi maners of 
anglyng. That one is at the grounde for 
the troughte and other fyffhe. A nother 
is at y e grounde at an arche, or at a ftange 
where it ebbyth and flowyth : for bleke : 
roche and darfe. The thyrde is wyth a 
flote for all manere of fyffhe. The fourthe 
wyth a menow for y e troughte without 
plumbe or flote. The fyfth is rennynge 
in y e fame wyfe for roche and darfe wyth 
one or two heeres and a flye. The fyxth 
is wyth a dubbyd hoke for the troughte 
and graylyng. 

^[ And for the fyrfte and pryncypall 
poynt in anglynge, kepe ye euer fro the 
water fro the fyghte of the fyffhe : other 
ferre on the londe ; or ellys behynde a 
bufhe that the fyffhe fe you not. For yf 
they doo, they woll not byte. 



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^[ Alfo loke that ye fhadow not the wa- 
ter, as moche as ye may. For it is that 
thynge that woll foone fraye the fyffhe, 
and yf a fyffhe be afrayed he woll not bite 
longe after. For alle manere fyffhe that 
fede by the grounde ye fhall angle for 
theym to the bottome, fo that your hokys 
fhall renne or lye on the grounde. And 
for alle other fyffhe that fede aboue, ye 
fhall angle to theym in the myddis of the 
water or fomedeale byneth or fomedeale 
aboue. For euer the gretter fiffe the 
nerer he lyeth the botom of the water, 
and euer the fmaller y e fyffhe, the more he 
fuymmyth aboue. 

Ij The thyrde good poynte is whan the 
fyffhe bytyth that ye be not to hafty to 
fmyte nor to late. For ye muft abide tyll 
ye fuppofe that the bayte be ferre in the 



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mouth of the fyffhe, and thenne abyde no 
longer. And this is for the grounde. 

^f And for the flote, whan ye fe it pullyd 
foftly vnder the water : or elles caryd 
vpon the water foftly : thenne fmyte. And 
loke that ye neuer ouerfmyte the ftrengthe 
of your lyne for brekynge. 

^f And yf it fortune you to fmyt a gret 
fyfh with a fmall harnays thenne ye muft 
lede hym in the water and labour hym 
there tyll he be drounyd and overcome. 
Thenne take hym as well as ye can or 
maye, and euer be waar that ye holde not 
ouer the ftrengthe of your lyne, and as 
moche as ye may, lete hym not come 
out of your lynes ende ftreyghte from you; 
but kepe hym euer vnder the rodde and 
euermore hold hym ftreyghte : foo that your 
lyne may be fufteyne, and beere his lepys 



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and his plungys wyth the helpe of your 
cropp, and of your honde. 

Here I woll declare vnto you in what 
place of the water ye fhall angle. Ye 
fhall angle in a pole, or in a ftandynge 
water, in euery place when it is ony thynge 
depe. There is not grete choyfe of ony 
places when it is ony thynge depe in a 
pole. For it is but a prifon to fyffhe, and 
they lyve for y e more parte in hungre lyke 
prifoners, and therefore it is the leffe mayf- 
try to take theym. But in a ryuer ye fhall 
angle in euery place where it is depe and 
clere by the grounde : as grauell or claye 
wythout mudde, or wedys ; and in ef- 
pecyall yf that there be a manere whyr- 
lynge of water or a couert, as a holow 
banke ; or grete rotys of trees : or longe 
wedys fletynge aboue in the water where 
the fyffhe maye couer and heyde theym- 



65 

felf at certayn tymes whan they lyfte. Al- 
io it is good to angle in depe ftyffe ftremys; 
and alfo in fallys of water and weares, and 
in Mood gatys and mylle pyttes. And it is 
£Ood for to an^le where as the water reft- 
yth by the banke : and where the ftreym 
rennyth nyghe there by : and is depe and 
clere by the gronde and in ony other pla- 
cys where ye may fe ony fyffhe houe or 
haue ony fedynge. 

Now ye fhall wyte what tyme of the 
daye ye fhall angle. 

T| From the begynnynge of May untyl 
it be Septembre the bytynge tyme is erly 
by the morrowe from foure of y e clocke : 
foo vnto eighte of the clocke. And at af- 
ter noon from foure of the clocke unto 
eighte of the clocke, but not foo good as 
in the mornynge. And yf it be a colde 
whyftelynge wynde and a derke lowringe 



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day : for a derke daye is moche better to 
angle in than a clere daye. 

^[ From the begynnyng of Septembre 
vnto the ende of Apryll fpare noo tyme of 
the daye. 

^f Alfo many pole fyff hes woll byte befte 
in the noon tyde. 

Y And yf ye fe ony tyme of the daye 
the troughte or graylynge lepe, angle to 
hym wyth a dubbe acordynge to the fame 
moneth. And where the water ebbyth 
and flowyth the fyffhe woll byte in fome 
place at the ebbe, and in fome place at the 
flood : after y* they haue reftynge behynde 
ftangyns and archys of brydgys and other 
fuche manere places. 

Here ye fhall wyte in what weder ye 
fhall angle : as I fayd befoure, in a derke 
lourynge daye whanne the wynde blowyth 



6 7 

foftly: and in fomer feafon when it is 
brennynge hote, thenne it is nought. 

^f From Septembre vnto Apryll in a 
fayre fonny daye is ryght good to angle. 
And yf the wynde in that feafon haue ony 
parte of the oryent, the wedder thenne is 
nought : and whan it fnowyth, rennyth or 
hallyth, or is a grete tempefte, as thondyr 
or lightenynge : or a furly hote weder : 
thenne it is nought for to angle. 

Now fhall ye wyte that there ben twelue 
manere ympedymentes whyche caufe a 
man to take noo fyffhe, w t out other 
comyn that maye cafuelly happe. The 
fyrft is yf your harnays be not mete, nor 
fetly made. The feconde is yf your baytes 
be not good nor fyne. The thyrde is yf 
that ye angle not in bytynge tyme. The 
fourthe is yf that the fyffhe be frayed w* 
the fyghte of a man. The fyfth, if the wa- 



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ter be very thycke : whyte or redde of 
ony floode late fallen. The fyxthe, yf the 
fyffhe ftyre not for colde. The feuenth, yf 
that the wedder be hote. The eight, yf it 
rayne. The nynth, yf it hayll, or fnowe 
falle. The tenth is, yf it be a tempefte. 
The eleuenth is yf if it be a grete wynde. 
The twelfyfth yf the wynde lye in the Eeft, 
and that is worfte, for comynly neyther 
wynter nor fomer y e fyffhe woll not byte 
thenne. The wefte and northe wyndes 
ben good, but the South is befte. 

And nou I haue tolde you hou to make 
your harnays : and hou ye fhall fyffhe 
therwyth in al pointes. Reafon woll that 
ye knowe wyth what baytes ye fhall angle 
to euery manere of fyffhe in euery month 
of the yere, whyche is alle the effecte of 
the crafte, and wythout whyche baytes 
knowen well by you alle your other 



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crafte here to fore auayllyth you not to 
purpofe. For ye can not brynge a hoke 
in to a fyffhe mouth wythout a bayte, 
whyche baytes for euery manere of fyffhe 
as for euery moneth here followyth in this 
wyfe. 

For by caufe that the famon is the mooft 
ftately fyffhe that ony man maye angle to 
in frefh water, there fore I purpofe to 
begyn at hym. 

The famon is a gentyll fyffhe : but he is 
comborous for to take. For comynly he 
is but in depe places in grete ryuers : and 
for the more parte he holdyth the myddys 
of it : that a man maye not come at hym. 
And he is in feafon from Marche vnto My- 
ghelmas. In whyche feafon ye fhall angle 
to hym wyth thefe baytes whan ye fhall 
gete theym. Fyrfte wyth a redde worme 
in the begynynge and endynge of the fea- 



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fon. And alfo wyth a bobbe that bredyth 
in a dunghyll, and fpecyally with a fouer- 
ayn bayte that bredyth on a water docke. 
And he byteth not at the grounde : but at 
the y e flote. Alfo ye may take hym, but 
it is feldom feen, with a dubbe at fuche 
tyme as whan he lepith, in like fourme and 
manere as ye doo take a troughte or a 
graylynge. And thyfe baytes ben well 
prouyd baytes for the famon. 

The troughte, for by caufe he is a right 
deyntous fyffhe and alfo a right feruente 
byter, we fhall fpeke next of hym. H*e is 
in feafon from Marche vnto Myghelmas. 
He is on clere grauely gronde, and in a 
ftreme ye maye angle to hym all tymes 
wyth a grounde lyne lyeinge or rennynge : 
fauyng in lepynge tyme, and thenne wyth 
a dubbe. And erly wyth a rennynge 
grounde lyne, and forth in the daye wyth 



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a flote lyne. Ye fhall angle to hym in 
Marche wyth a menew hangyd on your 
hoke by the netherneffe, wythout flote or 
plumbe : drawynge vp and doune in the 
ftreme tyll ye fele hym fafte. 

In the fame tyme angle to hym with a 
.gronde lyne with a redde worme for the 
mooft fure. 

In Aprill take the fame baytes : and alfo 
Inneba other wyfed named vii eyes. Alfo 
the canker that bredyth in a grete tree, 
and the redde fnayll. 

In Maye take y e ftone flye and the 
bobbe vnder the cowe torde, and the fylk 
worme ; and the bayte that bredyth on a 
fern leyf. 

In Juyn take a redde worme & nyppe 
of the heed : and on thym hoke a cod- 
worm e byforn. 

In Juyle take the grete redde worme, 



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and y e fatte of y e bakon, and bynde abowt 
thy hoke. 

In Sept. take the redde worme, and the 
menew. 

In Oct. take the fame : for they ben 
fpecyall for the troughte all tymes of the 
yere. 

From Apryll till Septembre y e troughte 
lepyth ; thenne angle to hym wyth a 
dubbe hoke accordynge to the moneth, 
whyche dubbyd hokys ye fhall fynde in 
thende of this treatyfe ; and the moneyths 
wyth theym. 

The grayllynge, by a nother name call- 
yd ombre, is a delycyous fyffhe to mannys 
mouthe. And ye maye take hym lyke as 
ye doo the troughte. And thyfe ben his 
baytes. 

In Marche & in Apryll, the redde 
worme. 



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In Maye, the grene worme : a lytyll 
breyled worme; the docke-canker : and the 
hawthorne worme. 

In June, the batye that bredyth betwene 
the tree & the barke of an oke. 

In Juyll, a bayte that bredyth on a fern 
leyf, & the grete redde worme, and nyppe 
of the hede and put on your hoke a cod- 
worme before. 

In Auguft, the reddeworme : & a docke 
worme. And al the yere after, a redde 
worme. 

The barbyll is a fwete fyffh, but it is a 
quafy meete & a peryllous for mannys 
body. For corny nly he yeuyth an intro- 
duxion to y e Febres. And yf he be eten 
rawe, he maye be caufe of mannys dethe : 
whyche hath oft be feen. Thyfe be his 
baytes. 

In Marche & in Apryll, take fayr freffhe 



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chefe; and lay it on a borde & kytte it in 
fmall fquare pecys of the lengthe of your 
hoke. Take thenne a candyl & brenne it 
.on the ende at the poynt of your hoke tyll 
it be yelow, and thenne bynde it on your 
hoke with fletchers filke : and make it 
rough: al the former feafon. 

In Maye &. June take y e hawthorn 
worme & the grete redde worme and 
nyppe of the heed, and put on your hoke 
a cod worme before : that is a good bayte. 

In Juyll take the redde worme for cheyf 
& the hawthorn worme togyd. Alfo the 
water docke leyf worme & the hornet 
worme togyder. 

In Auguft & for all the yere take the 
talowe of a fhepe & fofte chefe, of eche 
ylyke moche : and a lytyll hony & grynde 
or ftampe theym togyd longe ; and tempre 
it tyll it be tough : and put therto floure a 



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lytyll & make it on fmalle pellettys. And 
y* is a good bayte to angle wyth at the 
grounde. And loke that it fynke in the 
water, or ellys it is not good to this pur- 
poos. 

The carpe is a deyntous fyffhe : but 
there ben but fewe in Englonde. 

And therefore I wryte the laffe of hym. 

He is an euyll fyffhe to take. For he 
is fo ftronge enarmyd in the mouthe that 
there maye noo weke harnays holde hym. 
And as touchynge his baytes I have but 
lytyll knowlege of it. And me were loth 
to wryte more than I knowe & haue prov- 
yd. But well I wote that y e redde worme 
& y e menow ben good batys for hym at al 
tymes, as I haue herde faye of perfones 
credyble & alfo founde wryten in bokes of 
credence. 

The chevyn is a ftately fyffhe : & his 



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heed is a deynty morfell. There is noo 
fyffhe fo ftrongly en army d wyth fcalys on 
the body. And bi caufe he is a ftronge 
byter, he hathe the more baytes, which ben 
thyfe. 

In Marche the redde worme, at the 
grounde. For comynly thenne he woll 
byte there at all tymes of y e yere yf he be 
ony thinge hungry. 

In Apryll the dyche canker that bredith 
in the tree. A worme that bredith be- 
twene the rynde & the tree of an oke. The 
redde worme: and the yonge froffyhs whan 
the fete ben kyt of. Alfo the ftone flye, 
the bobbe vnder the cowetorde : the redde 
fnaylle. 

In May y e bayte that bredyth on the 
ofyer leyf & the docke canker togyd vpon 
your hoke. Alfo a bayte that bredyth on 
a fern leyf: y e codworme and a bayte that 



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bredyth on an hawthorn. And a bayte 
that bredyth on an oke leyf & a fylke 
worme and a codworme togyder. 

In June taket the creket & the dome & 
alfo a redde worme : the heed kytte of; & 
a codworme before : and put theym on y e 
hoke. Alfo a bayte in the ofyer leyf: 
yonge froffhys the three fete kitte of by 
the body, and the fourth by the knee. 
The bayte on the hawthorne and the cod- 
worme togyder & a grubbe that bredyth 
in a dunghyll : and a grete grefhop. 

In Juyll the grefhop and the humbylbee 
in the medow. Alfo yonge bees and 
yonge hornettes. Alfo a grete brended 
flye that bredyth in pathes of medowes & 
the flye that is amonge pyfmeers hyllys. 

In Auguft take wortwormes & magotes 
vnto Myghelmas. 

In Sept. the redde worme : & alfo take 



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the baytes whan ye maye get theym : that 
is to wyte, cheryes : yonge myce not 
heryd : & the houfe combe. 

The breeme is a noble fyffhe & a deyn- 
tous. And ye fhall angle for hym from 
Marche vnto Auguft wyth a redde worme: 
& thene wyth a butter Aye & a grene flye: 
& with a bayte that bredyth amonge grene 
redes : and a bayte that bredyth in the 
barke of a deed tree. 

And for bremettis, take maggotes. And 
fro that tyme forth all the yere after take 
the red worme : and in the ryuer broune 
breede. 

Moo baytes there ben but they ben not 
eafy & therefore I lete hym paffe over. 

A Tenche is a good fyffhe, and heelith 
all manere of other fyffhe that ben hurte 
yf they maye come to hym. He is the 
moste parte of the yere in the mudde. 



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And he ftyryth mooft in June & Juyll : 
and in other feafons but lytyll. He is an 
euyll byter. His baytes ben thyfe. 

For al the yere broune bredee toftyd 
wyth hony in lykness of a butteryd loof : 
and the grete redde worme. And as for 
cheyf take the blacke blood in y e herte of 
a fhepe and floure and hony, and tempre 
theym all togyder fomdeall fofter than 
paaft : and anoynt therwyth the redde 
worme : both for this fyffhe, and for the 
other : and they woll byte moche the bet- 
ter thereat at all tymes. 

The perche is a dayntous fyffhe and 
paffynge holfom and a freebytynge. Thife 
ben his baytes. 

In Marche the redde worme. 

In Aprill, the bobbe vnder the cowe 
torde. In Maye, the flothorn worme and 
the codworme. In June, the bayte that 



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bredyth in an olde fallen oke & the grete 
canker. In Juyll, the bayte that bredeth 
on the ofyer lefe and the bobbe that bred- 
eth on the dung hyll : and the hawthorne 
worme & the codworme. In Auguft, the 
redde worme & maggote. All the yere 
after, the red worme as for the befte. 

The roche is an eafy fyffhe to take: and 
yf he be fatte & pennyd thenne is he goode 
meete & thyfe ben his baytes. In March 
the mooft redy bayte is the red worme. 
In Apryll the bobbe vnder the cowe torde. 
In Maye the bayte y l bredyth on the oke 
leyf & the bobbe in the dung hyll. In 
June the bayte that bredith on the ofyer 
& the codworme. In juyll hous flyes, and 
the bayte that bredith on an oke, and the 
motworme & mathewes & maggotes tyll 
Myghelmas. And after y* the fatte of 
bakon. 



The dace is a gentyll fyffhe to take, & 
yf it be well drefet thenne is it good mete. 
In Marche his bayte is a redde worme. In 
Apryll the bobbe vnder y e cowe torde. 
In Maye the docke canker and the bayte 
on y e flothorn and on the oken leyf. In 
June the codworme & the bayte on the 
ofyer and the whyte grubbe in y e dung 
hyll. In Juyll take hous flyes & flyes that 
brede in pyfmer hylles : the codworme & 
maggotes vnto Mighelmas. And yf the 
water be clere ye fhall take fyffhe whan 
other take none. And fro that tyme forth 
doo as ye do for the roche. For comyngly 
theyr bytynge & theyr baytes ben lyke. 

The bleke is but a feble fyffhe, yet he is 
holfom. His baytes from Marche to My- 
ghelmas be the fame that I haue wryten 
before for the roche and darfe fauynge all 
the fomer feafon, as moche as ye maye, 



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angle for hym with a hous flye : and in 
wynter feafon w 1 bakon & other bayte 
made ye hereafter maye know. 

The ruf is ryght an holfom fyffhe: and ye 
fhall angle to hym wyth the fame baytes in 
all feafons of the yere, & in the fame wife 
as I haue tolde you of the perche : for 
they ben lyke in fyffhe & fedinge, fauynge 
the ruf is leffe, and therfore he muft haue 
y e fmaller bayte. 

The flounder is an holfom fyffhe & a 
free and a fubtyll byter in his manere ; for 
comynly whan he foukyeth his meete he 
fedyth at grounde : and therefore ye muft 
angle to hym wyth a grounde lyne lyenge. 
And he hath but one manere of bayte & 
that is a red worme : which is mooft cheyf 
for al manere of fyffhe. 

The gogen is a good fyffhe, of the 
mochenes: & he byteth wel at the grounde. 



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And his baytes for all the yere ben thyfe : 
y e red worme ; codworme : & maggdes. 
And ye muft angle to hym w 1 a flote & 
lette your bate be nere y e bottom or elles 
on y e gronde. 

The menow whan he fhynith in the wa- 
ter, then is he bettyr, And though his 
body be lytyll yet he is a rauenous biter & 
an egre. And ye fhall angle to hym with 
the fame baytes that ye doo for the gogyn : 
fauynge they muft be fmalle. 

The ele is a quafy fyffhe, a rauenour 
& a devourer of the brode of fyffhe: and 
for the pyke alfo is a devourer of fyffhe: 
I put theym bothe behynde al other to 
angle. For the ele ye fhall fynde an hole 
in the gronde of the water, & it is blewe 
blacky ff he, thenne put in your hoke tyll 
that it be a fote wythin y e holi : and your 



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bate fhall be a grete angyll tuytch or a 
menow. 

The pyke is a gret fyffhe : but for he 
deuouryth fo many as well of his own 
kynde as of other, I loue hym the leffe : 
and for to take hym ye fhall doo thus. 
Take a codlynge hoke : and take a roche 
or a frefhe heering & a wyre wyth a hole 
in the ende : and put it in at the mouthe 
& out at the tayle downe by the ridge of 
the frefhe heeryng ; and thenne put the 
lyne of your hoke in after & drawe the 
hoke in to the cheke of y e frefhe heeryng. 
Then put a plumbe of lede upon your 
lyne a yerde longe from youre hoke & a 
flote in mydwaye betwene : & cafte it in a 
pytte where the pyke vfyth. And this is 
the befte & moft fureft crafte of takynge 
the pyke. 

Another manere takynge of hym is. 



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Take a froffhe & put & put it on your 
hoke at the necke betwene the fkynne & 
the body on y e backe half & put on a flote 
a yerde therfro ; & cafte it where the pyke 
hauntyth & ye fhall haue hym. Another 
manere. Take the fame bayte & put it in 
afa fetida & caft it in the water wyth a 
corde & a corke : & ye fhall not fayll of 
hym. And yf ye lyft to haue a good 
fporte ; thenne tye the corde to a gofe 
fote : & ye fhall fe god halynge whether 
the gofe or the pyke fhall haue the better. 
Now ye wote well with what baytes & 
how ye fhall angle to euery manere fyffhe. 
Now I wol tell you ye fhall kepe & fede 
your quycke baytes. Ye fhall kepe & 
fede them all in general : but euery man- 
ere by hymfelf with fuche thyng in and on 
whiche they brede. And as longe as they 
ben quycke & newe they ben fyne. But 



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when they ben in a flough or elles deed 
thenne ben they nought. Oute of thyfe 
ben excepted thre brodes : that is to wyte 
of hornettys : humblybees & wafpys, whom 
ye fhall take in brede & after dyppe theyr 
heedes in blode & lete theym drye. Alfo 
except maggotes : whyche whan thei ben 
bredde grete wyth theyr naturell fedynge, 
ye fhall fede theym ferthermore wyth 
fhepes talow & wyth a cake made of floure 
& hony : thenne woll they be more grete. 
And whan ye haue clenfyd theym wyth 
forde in a bagge of blanket, kepte hote 
vnder your gowne or other warm thyng 
two howres or thre, then ben they beft & 
redy to angyl wyth. And of the froffhe 
kytte y e legge by the knee : of the gref- 
hop, the legges and wynges by the body. 

Thyfe ben baytes made to laft all the 
yere. 



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Fyrfte been floure & lene fleffhe of the 
hepis of a cony or of a catte : virgyn 
wexe & fheppys talowe : & braye theym 
in a morter : and thenne tempre it at the 
fyre wyth a lytyll puryfyed hony : and fo 
make it vp in lyttyll ballys, & bayte ther- 
wyth your hokys after theyr quantyte: & 
this a good bayte for al manere freffhe 
fyffhe. 

Another. Take the feuet of a fhepe & 
chefe in lyke quantyte : & braye theim to- 
gider longe in a mortere : and take thenne 
floure & tempre it therwyth : and after 
that alaye it wyth hony & make ballys 
thereof: and that is for the barbyll in ef- 
pecyall. 

Another for darfe & roche & bleke : 
take whete & fethe it well & thenne put 
it in blood all a day : and a nyghte ; & it 
is a good bayte. 



For baytes for grete fyff he, kepe efpecy- 
ally this rule : whan ye haue take a grete 
fyff he : vndo the mawe : & what ye fynde 
therein, make that your bayte : for it is 
befte. 

Thyfe ben the xij flyes wyth whyche ye 
fhall angle to y e trought & grayllyng : 
and dubbe lyke as ye fhall now here me 
tell. 

Tf Marche. 

The donne flye. The body of the donne 
woll & the wyngis of the pertyche. A 
nother doone flye : the body of blacke 
woll : the wynges of the blackyft drake : 
and the jay vnder the wynge & vnder the 
tayll. 

if Apryll. 

U The ftone flye : the body of blacke 
wull : & yelowe vnder the wynge & vnder 
the tayle & the wynges of the drake. In 



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the begynnynge of Maye, a good flye, the 
body of roddyd wull & lappid abowte 
wyth blacke fylke : the wynges of the 
drake & of the redde capons hakyll. 
If May. 

^f The yelowe flye ; the body of yelow 
wull : the wynges of the redde cocke 
hakyll & of the drake lyttyl yelowe. The 
blacke louper : the body of blacke wull & 
lappyd abowte wyth the herte of y e pecock 
tayll, & the wynges of y e red capon, w* a 
blewe heed. 

If June. 

If The donne cutte : the body of black 
wull & a yelow lyfte after eyther fyde : the 
wynges of the bofarde bounde on with 
barkyd hempe. The maure flye : the 
body of dofke wull, the wynges of the 
blackeft mayle of the wylde drake. 

The taudy flye at Saynt Wyllyams daye : 



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the body of taudy wull & the wynges 
contrary eyther ayenft other of the whiteft 
rnayle of y e wylde drake. 

T Juyll. 

Tf The wafpe flye : the body of blacke 
wull & lappid abowte w 1 yelow threde: 
the wynges of the bofarde. The fhell flye 
at faynt Thomas daye : the body of grene 
wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of 
the pecoks tayll : wynges of the bofarde. 
T[ Auguft. 

^f The drake flye ; the body of blacke 
wull : & lappyd abowte wyth blacke fylke : 
wynges of the mayll of the blacke drake, 
wyth a blacke heed. 

^[ Thyfe figures are put here in enfample 
of your hoke.* 

^[ Here folio wyth the order made to all 

* [Note. — This plate I could not find. — Am. Editor.] 



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thofe whiche fhall haue the vnderftondynge 
of the forfayd treatyfe & vfe it for theyr 
pleafures. 

Ye that can angle & take fyffhe to your 
pleafures as this forfayd treatyfe techyth 
& fhewyth you : I charge & requyre you 
in the name of alle noble men that ye 
fyffhe not in noo poore mannes feuerall 
water : as his ponde : ftewe : or other 
neceffary thynges to kepe fyffhe in, wyth- 
out his lycence & good wyll. 1[ Nor that 
ye vfe not to breke noo mannys gynnys 
lyenge in theyr weares & in other places 
due vnto theym. Ne to take the fyffhe 
awaye that is taken in theym. For after 
a fyffhe is taken in a mannys gynne yf the 
gynne be layed in the comyn waters : or 
elfe in fuche waters as he herith, it is his 
owne proper goodes : and yf ye take it 
awaye, ye robbe hym : whyche is a ryght 



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fhamefull dede to ony noble man to do y 1 
that thevys & brybours done : whyche are 
punyffhed for theyr evyil dedes by the 
necke & otherwyfe whan they maye be 
afpyed & taken. And alfo yf ye doo in 
lyke manere as this treatyfe fhewyth you : 
ye fhall haue no nede to take of other 
menys : whiles ye fhal haue ynough of 
your owne takynge yf ye lyfte to labour 
therfore ; whyche fhall be to you a very 
pleafure to fe the fayr bryght fhynynge 
fcalyd fyffhes dyfeeyved by your crafty 
meanes & drawn vpon londe. ^f Alfo that 
ye breke noo mannys heggys in goynge 
abowte your dyfportes : ne opyn noo 
mannes gates but that ye fhytte theym 
agayn. If Alfo ye fhall not vfe this for- 
fayd crafty dyfporte for no covetyfenes to 
thencreafynge & fparynge of your money 
oonly : but pryncypally for your folace, & 



93 

to caufe the helthe of your body, and 
fpecyally of you re foule. For whan ye 
purpoos to goo on your dyfportes in fyffh- 
ynge, ye woll not defyre gretly many per- 
fones wyth you, whyche myghte lette you 
of your game. And thenne ye maye ferue 
God devowtly in fayenge affectuoufly your 
cuftumable prayer. And thus doynge ye 
fhall efchewe & voyde many vices, as 
idylnefs, whyche is pryncypall caufe to en- 
duce man to many other vyces, as it is 
ryght well knowen. 

^[ Alfo ye fhall not be rauenous in 
takyng of your fayd game as to moche 
at one tyme ; whiche ye maye lyghtly doo 
yf ye doo in euery poynt as this prefent 
treatyfe fhewyth you in euery poynt : 
whyche lyghtly be occafyon to dyftroye 
your owne dyfporte & other mennys alfo. 
As whan ye haue fuffycyent mefe ye 



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fholde coveyte nomore as at that tyme. 
^[ Alfo ye fhall befye yourfelfe to nouryfh 
the game in all that ye maye : & to de- 
ftroye all fuch thynges as ben devourers 
of it. ^[ And all thofe that done after this 
rule fhall haue the bleffynge of God & 
faynt Petyr : whyche he theym graunte 
that wyth his precyous blood vs boughte. 

■^f And for by caufe that the prefent 
treatyfe fholde not come to y e hondys of 
eche ydle perfone whyche wolde defire it 
yf it were empryntyd allone by itfelf & 
put in a lytyll plaunflet, therfore I haue 
compylyd it in a grete volume of dyverfe 
bokys concernynge to gentyll and noble 
men to the extent that the forfayd per- 
fones whyche fholde haue but lytyll mefure 
in the fayd dyfport of fyffhynge fhold not 
by this meane utterly deftroye it. 



GLOSSARY. 






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GLOSSARY. 



aboue, 


above 


abrode, 


broad, flat 


aege, 


age 


affectuoufly, 


effectively 


al, 


all 


alayd, 


annealed 


alaye, 


temper 


alym, 


alum 


anuelde, 


anvil 


armony, 


harmony 


afa fetida, 


asafcetida 


afpyed, 


espied 


affayed, 


tried 


auayllyth. 


availeth 


aye, 


always 


ayenft, 


opposite 


ayre, 


air 


barbyll, 


barbel 



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baytys, 


baits 


beere, 


bear 


ben, 


be, are 


bene, 


bean 


berde, 


beard 


befye, 


busy 


beten, 


beaten 


bethe, 


dry 


bi, 


be 


bleke, 


bleak 


blewe, 


blue 


blode, 


blood 


blouyth, 


bloweth 


bobbe, 


worm 


bokys, 


books 


bofarde, 


buzzard 


brede, 


breed : broad 


breede, 


bread 


brenne, 


burn 


broche, 


pin 



99 



brodes, 


broods 


broderer's, 


broiderer's 


broune, 


brown 


brybours, 


beggars 


brydgys, 


bridges 


byforn, 


before 


byghte, 


bend 


byneth, 


beneath 


byrde, 


bird 


bytyth, 


biteth 


caryd, 


. carried 


caufer 


cautious 


chafyth, 


chaseth 


cheryes, 


cherries 


chefe, 


cheese 


cheuen, 


chub 


cheuyn. 


chub 


choyfe, 


choice 


clam, 


clamp 


clenneft, 


neatest 



IOO 



clyft, 

cockfhotecorde, 

comborous, 

comyn, 

comyngly, 

coporofe, 

cotes, 

couert, 

covetyfnes, 

creket, 

croppe, 

cuftumable, 

darfe, 

dediffhe, 

deed, 

delyte, 

departe, 

derke, 

deuouryth, 

deyntous, 



cleft 

cord of a bird net 

awkward 

coming ; common 

commonly 

copperas 

coots 

covert 

covetousness 

cricket 

rod 

customary 

dace 

deadish 

dead 

delight 

separate 

dark 

devoureth 

dainty 



IOI 



donne, 


dun 


dome, 


stickleback 


dofke, 


dusk 


doune, 


down 


dowble, 


double 


dowteles, 


doubtless 


draughte, 


drawing 


drede, 


dread 


drefet, 


dressed 


dubbe, 


artificial fly 


duchys, 


duchess' 


dyche, 


ditch 


dyete, 


diet 


dyfcrecon, 


discretion 


dyfcryue, 


describe 


dyfeeyved, 


deceived 


dyfpleyfaunce, 


displeasure 


dyfportes, 


sports 


dyffyable, 


digestible 


dyuers, 


divers 



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eche, 


each 


egre, 


eager 


elles, 


else 


enarmyd, 


armed 


euer, 


ever 


eueryche, 


each 


euyn, 


even 


euyll, 


evil 


fadom, 


fathom 


faftynd, 


fastened 


faukener, 


falconer 


Febres, 


fevers 


ferre, 


far 


feruente, 


fervent 


fete, 


feet 


fetely, 


neatly 


Mq, 


fish 


fletynge, 


floating 


flonder, 


flounder 


flotys, 


floats 



io3 



floure, 


flourish 


flourynge, 


flourishing 


folowyth, 


follows 


fote, 


foot 


foulis, 


fowls 


foulynge, 


fowling 


fraye, 


frighten 


frenfe, 


frensy, fits 


frette, 


bind, 


froffhys 


frogs 


froffyhs, /. 76, 


read froffhys 


fyrfte, 


first 


fyffhe, 


fish 


gamys, 


games 


g° d > 


good 


gogyn, gogen, 


gudgeon 


goodys, 


goods 


goon, 


gone 


gofe, 


goose 


grauell, 


gravel 



io4 



greffes, 


griefs 


greous, 


grievous 


grefhop, 


grasshopper 


grete, 


great 


grues, 


mishaps 


gynnes, 


gins, snares 


hakyll, 


hackle 


halynge, 


pulling 


hamour, 


hammer 


hapyth, 


happeneth 


harnays, 


tackle 


hafyll, 


hazel 


haue, 


have 


heed, 


head 


heele, 


heal 


heere, here, 


hair, hear 


heering, 


herring 


heerons, 


herons 


hegge hogge, 


hedge-hog 


hepis, 


hips 



IO 



hereth, 


heareth 


herith, 


inherits 


herle, 


twist 


hertys, 


heart's 


heryd, 


haired 


hete, 


heat 


hethy, 


marshy 


heuey, 


heavy 


hoke, hokis. 


hook, hooks 


hole, 


whole 


holfom, 


wholesome 


honde, 


hand, hound 


hopis, 


hoops 


hornys, 


horns 


hote, 


hot 


hou, 


how 


houe, 


have had 


houndys, 


hounds 


hyllys, 


hills 


hym, 


him : it 



io6 



mce, 


juice 


iuftly, 


exactly 


jenypre, 


juniper 


kele, 


cool 


knoue, 


know 


knytte, 


tie 


kytte, kitte, 


cut 


lakys, 


lakes 


lappid, 


lapped 


laffe, 


last 


laton, 


tin-plate, brass 


leche, 


doctor 


lede, 


lead, 


lenger, 


longer 


lengefth, 


longest 


lepys, lepyth, 


leaps 


lerne, 


learn 


lese, 


lose 


lete, 


let 


lette, 


hinder 



07 



leue, 


leave 


leuys, 


leaves 


leyf, 


leaf 


loo, 


lo 


loke, 


look 


londe, 


land 


loof, 


loaf 


loue, 


love 


louper, 


looper-moth 


lufte, 


pleasure 


lynkys, 


links 


lynys, 


lines 


lyppes, 


lips 


lyfte, 


wish ; list 


lyttell, 


little 


maggdes, 


maggots 


magre, 


disgust 


makyth, 


makes 


malencoly, 


melancholy 


mannys, menys, 


men's 



io8 



maure, 


moor 


mayle, 


outer feathers 


mayfter, 


master 


meane, 


means 


medeler, 


medlar 


meede, 


meadow 


meetes, 


meats 


menow, menew, 


minnow 


mefe, 


mess 


moche, 


much 


mochenes, 


size 


monett, moneth, 


month 


moo, 


more 


moryffhe, 


marshy 


myddis, 


midst 


Myghelmas, 


Michaelmas 


myghte, 


might 


mylle, 


mill 


myn, 


my 


myry, 


miry 





109 


myffedynge, 


misfeeding 


ne, 


nor 


nedlys, 


needles 


nedyth, 


needs 


neuer, 


never 


nou, 


now 


noyous, 


annoying 


nyghe, 


near 


nyppe, 


nip 


o, 


on 


of, 


off, of 


oke, 


oak 


ones, 


once 


ony, 


any 


ordeyne, 


order 


oryent, 


east 


ofmonde, 


a fern, or the starch from it 


ofe, 


ooze 


ofyer, 


osier 


other, 


either, (sometimes) 



I IO 



ouer, 


over; upper 


outrageo, 


outrageous 


ouyn, 


oven 


paaft, 


paste 


parablys, 


parables 


partyes, 


parts 


pecys, 


pieces 


pellettys, 


pellets 


penne, 


quill 


pennyd, 


confined 


penfyfneffe, 


pensiveness 


pertyche, 


partridge 


pefe, 


pea 


plaunflet, 


pamphlet 


pleafaunce, 


pleasure 


plube, plumbe, 


lead sinker 


plumbid, 


weighted 


poles, 


pools 


potell, 


two quarts 


preuy, 


privately 



I II 



prouerbe, 


proverb 


prouff, 


proof 


prouffytable, 


profitable 


prouyd, 


proved 


pryckyd, 


pricked 


pynfons, 


pincers 


pyfmeer, 


pismire 


pythe, 


pith 


pytte, 


pit 


quarell, 


square-head needle 


quafy, 


queasy 


quycke, 


alive 


rauenous, 


ravenous 


redyneffe, 


readiness 


reioyce, 


rejoice 


renne, . 


run 


reuarde, 


reward 


roche, 


roach 


roddyd, 


beaten 


ruffe, p. 56, read 


ruffe, a kind of perch 



I 12 



ryefe, ryfe, 


rise ; raise 


ryuers, 


rivers 


famon, 


salmon 


fauoure, 


savour 


fauynge, 


saving 


fcume, 


scum 


fe, 


see 


ferny, 


full of seams 


ferue, 


serve 


feruyth, 


serveth 


fethe, 


seethe 


feu e nth, 


seventh 


feu e rail, 


private, 


feuet, 


suet 


fhaue, 


shave 


fheppys, shepes, 


sheep's 


fholde, 


should 


fhote, 


shoot 


fhynith, 


shines 


fhytte, 


shut 



H3 



fmothe, smoythe, 


smooth 


fmyte, 


strike 


fodaynly, 


suddenly 


fomdeale, 


somewhat 


fomer, 


summer 


fonny, 


sunny 


forde, 


sod 


foryly, 


sorrily 


fote, 


soot 


fouerayn, 


sovereign 


foukyeth, 


seeketh 


fowfe, 


pickle 


fpedyth, 


speedeth 


fpyryte, 


spirit 


ftange, 


pole 


fangyn, 


stanchion 


ftewe, 


pool 


ftonys, 


stones 


ftraue, 


straw 


ftreyghte, streyte, 


straight 



ii4 



ftreyne, 


strain 


ftyre, 


stir 


fubtyll, 


sly 


furbat, 


broken down 


furfette, 


surfeit 


fufteyne, 


sustained 


fuymmyth, 


swims 


fwetynge, 


sweating 


fyth, 


certainly 


fyxte, 


sixth 


tap re, 


taper 


taudy, 


white-dressed 


taylle, 


tail 


techyth, 


teacheth 


thende, 


the end 


thencreasynge, 


the increase 


theym, thym, 


them 


thevys, 


thieves 


thorugh, thrugh, 


through 


thouer, 


the upper 



1 1 



thre, 


three 


threde, 


thread 


thride, 


third 


thries, 


thrice 


thyncarnacon, 


the incarnation 


thyfe, 


this, these 


togyder, togyd, 


together 


tongys, 


tongs 


torde, 


turd 


torne, 


turn 


toftyd, 


toasted 


traueyle, 


travail, labor 


trought, 


trout 


tuys, 


twice 


tuytch, 


worm 


twelue, 


twelve 


twynyd. 


twisted 


uythin, 


within 


vertgrees, 


verdigris 


vi, vy, 


six 



n6 



vnder, 


under 


Vnderstonde, 


understand 


vndoynge, 


undoing 


vnto, 


unto 


voyde, 


useless, avoid 


V P> 


up 


vpon, 


upon 


vfe, 


use 


vfyth, 


frequents 


vyfe, 


vise 


waar, 


beware 


waxing, 


growing 


wedder, wedyr, 


weather 


wedys, 


weeds 


wegge, 


wedge 


weke, 


weak 


wenyth, 


thinks 


wete, weete, 


wet 


wexe, 


grow 


whan, 


when 



ii7 



whoos, 


whose 


whyrlinge, 


whirling 


whyftelyth, 


whistles 


wold, 


would 


woll, 


will ; wool 


woode, 


to steep in wood ashes 


wood fatte, 


wood-ash-vat 


wote, 


knows 


wreste, 


rest 


w t , 


with 


wull, 


wool 


wylowe, 


willow 


wynges, 


wings 


wyte, 


wit ; know 


y e > 


the 


yerde, 


yard ; shank 


yere, 


year 


yeve, 


give 


yevyth, 


gives 


yf. ' 


if 



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n8 

ylyke, alike 

ynough, enough 

yonge, young 

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